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Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 50.0051. Establishment of Matching Grant Program

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The commission shall establish a matching grant program to award to a municipality a grant in an amount equal to the amount committed by the municipality for the development of a sex trafficking prevention needs assessment.  A municipality that is awarded a grant must develop the needs assessment in collaboration with a local institution of higher education and on completion submit a copy of the needs assessment to the commission.

(b) A sex trafficking prevention needs assessment developed under Subsection (a) must outline:

(1) the prevalence of sex trafficking crimes in the municipality;

(2) strategies for reducing the number of sex trafficking crimes in the municipality;  and

(3) the municipality's need for additional funding for sex trafficking prevention programs and initiatives.

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